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Autobiography Rubric Autobiography Rubric Writing an Autobiography Rubric Code: P249BB3 By Puchalla1 Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: English Type: Writing Grade Levels: (none)

Autobiography Rubric
	Excellent 20 pts	Good 15 pts	Fair 10 pts	Poor 5 pts
Body (Sequence of Events)	Excellent Events are placed in a logical order and the way they are presented effectively keeps the interest of the reader. (250 words or more)	Good Most events are in a logical order but some are either missing or in the wrong order and this distracts the reader. (250 words)	Fair Most events are placed in a logical order, but it is evident that events were not included from from the timeline assignment. ( 150 words or less)	Poor Many events are not in logical order. There is little sense that the writing is organized. The timeline was not used as a graphic organizer for this assignment. (less than 100 words)
Grammar, Spelling, & Punctuation	Excellent Writer makes no mistakes in grammar, spelling, or punctuation. Story is written in the appropriate tense and point of view	Good Writer makes 1-4 mistakes in grammar, spelling, or punctuation. . Story is written in the appropriate tense and point of view	Fair Writer makes 5-7 mistakes in grammar, spelling, or punctuation. Story has an inconsistent tense/point of view	Poor Writer makes more that 8 mistakes in grammar, spelling, and punctuation that distract the reader from the content. Story has an inconsistent tense/point of view
Hook	Excellent The beginning of the story includes a detailed hook that draws the reader in. It clearly sets the tone for the story.	Good There is a hook present, however it is very brief. It is used to draw the reader in	Fair The hook is only 1 sentence. It is only briefly mentioned, and partially sets the tone for the story.	Poor The hook is missing from the story. Writer immediately jumps into the events of the story.
Conclusion	Excellent The conclusion is inviting in the wrapping up of all events.	Good The conclusion is not particularly organized but wraps up the end of the autobiography.	Fair The conclusion does not adequately wrap up and end the autobiography.	Poor Writing a conclusion for the autobiography was attempted.
Lesson/Theme	Excellent There is a clear lesson or meaning that is meant to be taken from the story. The lesson to be learned is present throughout the story, and touched on in the conclusion as well.	Good There is a lesson/meaning present. It is touched on once or twice in the story.	Fair There is not a distinct meaning to the story. It is only mentioned once.	Poor There is not meaning or lesson present in the story.